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Earthflown by Frances WrenLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferHydrosphere Rising by Philip J. RutherfordArtificial Wisdom by Thomas R. WeaverThe Hurricane Code by James Aura
Climate dystopias
99 books — 162 voters
Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinFlight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
52 Book Club 2025: #14 - Climate Fiction
204 books — 162 voters

The Beast of Cretacea by Todd StrasserThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMaya of the In-between by Sita BennettOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Last Oracle by Christopher Hepworth
Cli-Fi: Books About Climate & the Near Future
117 books — 149 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiWilding by Isabella TreeFeral by George Monbiot
Rewilding
80 books — 55 voters

This Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe End of Growth by Richard HeinbergTiny Victory Gardens by Acadia TuckerThe Healing of America by T.R. ReidGrowing Perennial Foods by Acadia Tucker
Today's Revolution
87 books — 53 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfThe Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeOn the Move by Oliver Sacks
Science Friday Radio Show/Podcast
106 books — 44 voters

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsOn Fire by Naomi KleinCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Popular Climate Books on Goodreads
188 books — 35 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahThe Dry by Jane HarperDry by Neal ShustermanDune by Frank Patrick Herbert
Drought in Fiction
198 books — 34 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMigrations by Charlotte McConaghyParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodFlight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
The Best Climate Change Fiction
44 books — 27 voters
Bad Company by K.A. MitchellClear Water by Amy LaneThe Happy Onion by Ally BlueBear, Otter, and the Kid by T.J. KluneWe Are But A Moment by Ulrich Baer
Eco-friendly gay fiction
24 books — 18 voters

Lug, Dawn of the Ice Age by David ZeltserWhy Are the Ice Caps Melting? by Anne RockwellThe Lorax by Dr. SeussHow to Change Everything by Naomi KleinThe Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole
Best Children's Books About Climate Change
24 books — 17 voters
Owl Moon by Jane YolenThe Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds by Arnold LobelBear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. SteadThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfKnowing the Name of a Bird by Jane Yolen
Young Ornithologists: Bird Watching, Falconry, etc. (Juvenile)
359 books — 16 voters

Ready for Weather by Sarah JonesAnd Then It's Spring by Julie FoglianoCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi BarrettWhat Will the Weather Be? by Lynda DeWittThe Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm by Joanna Cole
Best Children's Books About Weather
23 books — 14 voters
Adrift by Lisa BrideauArising by Lisa Perskie RodriguezParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Hurricane Code by James Aura
Futuristic Climate Fiction based on Facts
9 books — 9 voters

The Feather Wars by James H. McCommonsThe Aggravation of Elmer by Robert Andrew ArthurOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAtmosphere, CO2 on my mind by Daniel LuxDisabled Ecologies by Sunaura Taylor
Climate Change And Environmental Books
31 books — 7 voters
Weather and Beasts and Growing Things by Charlotte SutteeThe Sheep Look Up by John BrunnerThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinAtmosphere, CO2 on my mind by Daniel LuxThe Call of Antarctica by Leilani Raashida Henry
Environment And Climate Related Books
30 books — 7 voters

The Reasons for Seasons by Gail GibbonsSeasons by Hannah PangFour Seasons of the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary BarkerA Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda MullerThe Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Children's: All Four Seasons in the same book
105 books — 7 voters
The Winter King by C.L. WilsonAir and Ash by Alex LidellWind of Choice by Marty C. LeeA Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo PutneyThe Blood of Black by Abby McCormick
Braving the Elements
8 books — 6 voters

Drawdown by Paul HawkenThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThere Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-LeeBreaking Boundaries by Johan Rockström
Understanding Climate Crisis
73 books — 5 voters
Smokebirds by Daniel BreyerA Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz GrossmanWildfire by Carrie MacNothing Left to Burn by Heather EzellLies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Wildfire Fiction
57 books — 4 voters

Consumption and Its Consequences by Daniel MillerThe Promise of World Peace by Universal House of JusticeMilo and the Magical Stones by Marcus PfisterUno's Garden by Graeme Bae
Global Goals Reading List
4 books — 3 voters
Dark Emu by Bruce PascoeThis Changes Everything by Naomi KleinBorder Walls Gone Green by John HultgrenThe Price of Thirst by Karen PiperThe Closing Circle by Barry Commoner
Radical reads to understand capitalism's ecological disaster
47 books — 3 voters

Fire Weather by John VaillantRain by Cynthia BarnettThe Earth Transformed by Peter FrankopanSoil by Matthew EvansFirmament by Simon Clark
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Rain – the Four Classical Elements – in the life sciences, chemistry & geology.
99 books — 3 voters
Altered States by Paddy ChayefskyThe Witch of Agnesi by Robert SpillerMaze Master by Kathleen O'Neal GearThe Probability of Murder by Ada MadisonThe Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Favorite STEM Thriller
12 books — 2 voters

Mission Economy by Mariana MazzucatoEverything You Ever Wanted by Luiza SaumaThe Sense of Style by Steven PinkerDrawdown by Paul HawkenRegeneration by Paul Hawken
Books To Read When Hunkering Down For 2 Years At The End Of The World
7 books — 2 voters
Factfulness by Hans RoslingThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonHow Bad Are Bananas? by Mike Berners-LeeThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Terra.do Book Reccomendations
20 books — 1 voter

The Ecology of Wisdom by Arne NæssHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesCollapse by Jared DiamondUtopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanThe Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric
Contemporary understanding
26 books — 1 voter
Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System by National Academies of Scien...Climate Optimism by Zahra BiabaniClimate Uncertainty and Risk by Judith CurryDecisions for Sustainability by Thomas DietzEcolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation by Daniel C Matisoff
Climate and Energy Policy
22 books — 1 voter

A. v. Humboldt's Fragmente einer Geologie und Klimatologie As... by Alexander von Humboldt
Peter und der Wald - Lesung historische Literatur: Was Förster schon vor 200 Jahren wussten
1 book — 1 voter

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